Screenshot of slides. Afroman (Joseph Edgar foreman). Summary of case including "inverted surveillance" as a topic.
The drama. The music. The merch. The nuances of state vs individual surveillance, right to privacy, state v federal policies... it has everything. And now we have Season 2.
Screenshot of September 25 2024 partial syllabus with title "Case Study: Afroman and (counter)surveillance.
Since he's back in the news, Afroman v Adams County Sherrif was the first case study I discussed in my "Privacy, Surveillance and Trust" grad class back in 2024. It remains the most cited case by my students, and it's not even close.
"He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him." (Isaiah 52). Loved it when I found that out.
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New work at #DIS25 with Hongjin Lin and @kotut.bsky.social (who will be presenting)! "Down to Earth": Design Considerations for AI for Sustainability from the Environmental and Climate Movement dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...